03/10/2017 02:23 pm ET | Updated 13 minutes ago

Sean Spicer Sends Distress Signal To America With Upside-Down Flag Pin

Blink twice if you need help.

During Friday’s White House press conference, Sean Spicer sent Twitter into a frenzy when he wore his American flag pin upside down. Though Spicer’s unfortunate move was likely accidental, an upside-down American flag is an officially recognized sign of distress.

Almost immediately, everyone on Twitter began making the same joke about what kind of signal Spicer was trying to send.

Look closely. The White House spokesman is wearing a US flag upside down, traditionally a sign of great distress. https://t.co/9pV021Qrj0
— James Cook (@BBCJamesCook) March 10, 2017

@CNN @ChrisCuomo Does Spicer have an American Flag pin on his lapel and is it upside down? Isn't that a distress signal?
— Andy Johnson (@73ajohnson) March 10, 2017

Spicer sends out subtle S.O.S. https://t.co/zyRAZHC2Sz
— Alan Carter (@ACarterglobal) March 10, 2017

Gosh. Is Sean Spicer in distress ? Should we send help ? https://t.co/XhxAuZvfSm
— Ken Murray (@Ken_J_Murray) March 10, 2017

Sean Spicer's cry for help... #Ω https://t.co/lkso0hevzW
— Bern Report (@BernReport) March 10, 2017

Sean Spicer wears flag pin upside-down, a sign of distress https://t.co/cDC4UeLkrX
— TexasHillCountry (@TxHillCountry6) March 10, 2017

Sean Spicer using the universal plea for rescue, the upside down flag. He can't say it out loud, but this is clearly a cry for help. https://t.co/MNCOOssWO2
— Chris Hedrick (@hedrickchris) March 10, 2017

The upside-down flag was recently used in a promotion for the next season of “House of Cards,” so of course the Netflix show tweeted about Spicer’s mishap:

Your loyalty has not gone unnoticed. https://t.co/ba1kz1yvXF
— House of Cards (@HouseofCards) March 10, 2017

Spicer’s error was flagged down during the press conference and he quickly fixed it. According to Yahoo White House correspondent Hunter Walker, Omarosa Manigault reportedly passed Spicer a note about the error.

After being handed a note, it took Sean Spicer two tries to fix his pin. Today is not his day pic.twitter.com/P8OGcJZlwB
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) March 10, 2017

“There’s no promo” for @HouseofCards, jokes @PressSec after the flag pin error is pointed out. pic.twitter.com/UCPL7AeQc1
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) March 10, 2017

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